Lucian, Symposium, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 21

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Lycinus

There now appeared a messenger who said he brought a communication from Hetoemocles the Stoic, which his master had directed him to read publicly, and then return. With Aristaenetus’s permission he took it to the lamp, and began reading.

Philosophy

The usual thing, I suppose—a panegyric on the bride, or an epithalamium?

Lycinus

Just what we took it for; however, it was quite another story. Here are the contents:

Symposium. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

Current edition Perseus

A Feast of Lapithae (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

Editions (1)

Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 21 focus

Λυκῖνος

παρελθὼν γὰρ εἰς τὸ μέσον οἰκέτης παρʼ Ἑτοιμοκλέους τοῦ Στωϊκοῦ ἥκειν λέγων γραμματίδιον ἔχων κελεῦσαί οἱ ἔφη τὸν δεσπότην ἐν τῷ κοινῷ ἀναγνόντα εἰς ἐπήκοον ἅπασιν ὀπίσω αὖθις ἀπαλλάττεσθαι. ἐφέντος οὖν τοῦ Ἀρισταινέτου προσελθὼν πρὸς τὸν λύχνον ἀνεγίνωσκεν.

Φίλων

ἦ που, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τῆς νύμφης ἐγκώμιον ἢ ἐπιθαλάμιον, οἷα πολλὰ ποιοῦσιν;

Λυκῖνος

ἀμέλει καὶ ἡμεῖς τοιοῦτον ᾠήθημεν, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐγγὺς ἦν τούτου· ἐνεγέγραπτο γάρ·

Translations (1)

The Carousal, or the Lapiths Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 21 focus

LYCINUS

You see, a servant came into the midst of us, saying that he was from Hetoemocles the Stoic and carrying a paper which he said his master had told him to read in public, so that everybody would hear, and then to go back again. On getting the consent of Aristaenetus, he went up to the lamp and began to read.

Lucian Symposium 21

Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator)

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Lycinus

There now appeared a messenger who said he brought a communication from Hetoemocles the Stoic, which his master had directed him to read publicly, and then return. With Aristaenetus’s permission he took it to the lamp, and began reading.

Philosophy

The usual thing, I suppose—a panegyric on the bride, or an epithalamium?

Lycinus

Just what we took it for; however, it was quite another story. Here are the contents:

Current edition Perseus

Φίλων

ἦ που, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τῆς νύμφης ἐγκώμιον ἢ ἐπιθαλάμιον, οἷα πολλὰ ποιοῦσιν;

Λυκῖνος

ἀμέλει καὶ ἡμεῖς τοιοῦτον ᾠήθημεν, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐγγὺς ἦν τούτου· ἐνεγέγραπτο γάρ·

PHILO

I suppose, Lycinus, that it was an address in praise of the bride, or else a wedding-song? They often write such pieces.

LYCINUS

Of course we ourselves expected something of the sort, but it was far from that: its contents were:

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Lycinus There now appeared a messenger who said he brought a communication from Hetoemocles the Stoic, which his master had directed him to read publicly, and then return. With Aristaenetus’s permission he took it to the lamp, and began reading.

Philosophy The usual thing, I suppose—a panegyric on the bride, or an epithalamium?

Lycinus Just what we took it for; however, it was quite another story. Here are the contents:

Current edition Perseus

Φίλων ἦ που, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τῆς νύμφης ἐγκώμιον ἢ ἐπιθαλάμιον, οἷα πολλὰ ποιοῦσιν;

Λυκῖνος ἀμέλει καὶ ἡμεῖς τοιοῦτον ᾠήθημεν, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐγγὺς ἦν τούτου· ἐνεγέγραπτο γάρ·

PHILO I suppose, Lycinus, that it was an address in praise of the bride, or else a wedding-song? They often write such pieces.

LYCINUS Of course we ourselves expected something of the sort, but it was far from that: its contents were:

Stable identifiers

Lycinus

There now appeared a messenger who said he brought a communication from Hetoemocles the Stoic, which his master had directed him to read publicly, and then return. With Aristaenetus’s permission he took it to the lamp, and began reading.

Philosophy

The usual thing, I suppose—a panegyric on the bride, or an epithalamium?

Lycinus

Just what we took it for; however, it was quite another story. Here are the contents:

Φίλων

ἦ που, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τῆς νύμφης ἐγκώμιον ἢ ἐπιθαλάμιον, οἷα πολλὰ ποιοῦσιν;

Λυκῖνος

ἀμέλει καὶ ἡμεῖς τοιοῦτον ᾠήθημεν, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐγγὺς ἦν τούτου· ἐνεγέγραπτο γάρ·

PHILO

I suppose, Lycinus, that it was an address in praise of the bride, or else a wedding-song? They often write such pieces.

LYCINUS

Of course we ourselves expected something of the sort, but it was far from that: its contents were: